Nara Tours from Osaka
Written by Viator, December 2011
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Reply by Viator, April 2010
Doing what: Kyoto and Nara Day Tour including Golden Pavilion and Todaiji Temple from Osaka
Fabulous day out! Provides sufficient coverage of the two culturally significant cities.
Reply by Viator, February 2010
Doing what: Kyoto and Nara Day Tour including Golden Pavilion and Todaiji Temple from Osaka
It was our 1st day on this tour after arriving the night before into Osaka. We loved it all, the temples & castle in the morning, especially the Golden Pavillion. It actually snowed for us while there, and they say it happens only 1-2 times per year. The lunch was brilliant & the afternoon deer park & Shinto shrines. Others only did the morning part & said now that they should have taken the full day tour with us. My only objection was that the price could have been a bit lower.
Reply by Viator, February 2010
Doing what: Kyoto and Nara Day Tour including Golden Pavilion and Todaiji Temple from Osaka
Excellent tour! The guide was very helpful and spoke English well. Well worth going on, the sights were great and lunch at the Handicraft Center was very good! Would have liked more time at various places, however it was a good introduction to Japan.
Reply by Viator, December 2009
Doing what: Kyoto and Nara Day Tour including Golden Pavilion and Todaiji Temple from Osaka
The tour was excellent, in view of the fact we had only a short time to visit the area. Our guide had to be one of the top two tour guides we have ever been with in tours of Europe, Mediterranean, China, North America and Asia. The transportation was very good as well.
Reply by Viator, October 2009
Doing what: Kyoto and Nara Day Tour including Golden Pavilion and Todaiji Temple from Osaka
Enjoyed the tour, lets you experience Japanese history and culture in a day. The tour guide spoke good English and provided a number of interesting trivia. I found the morning Kyoto tour a bit rushy, but understandable because we had to cover more ground. The afternoon Nara tour was a lot more relaxing, we were given close to 2 hours free time to walk around the Nara temple and deer park. Lunch buffet can be improved though. Cheers.
Reply by Viator, July 2009
Doing what: Kyoto and Nara Day Tour including Golden Pavilion and Todaiji Temple from Osaka
I really enjoyed the trip. I was met at my hotel in the morning with an escort to help me navigate the subway and trains to get to the tour location in Kyoto. She was wonderful. The tour was great. There were many wonderful sights to see, with time to explore some at each site. It was sort of busy, with school kids at each location, but it was not a major problem. I was able to see everything without a problem. I would have liked to have had more time at the Handicraft Center, but ended up going back on my own the next day so it was fine. One of my favorite parts was the Nara Deer Park, where if you hold the biscuits up high and bow, the deer will bow to ask for a biscuit. They can be quite assertive, so you need to firm in what you will do. The larg Buddha was amazing to see. This was such a wonderful tour. I would highly recommend it. After the tour I was met by another escort in Nara that helped me to return to my hotel in Osaka. I always felt well taken care of and the guides were very knowledgable. It was one of my better experiences in Japan. I felt completely comfortable traveling on the tour as a single woman traveling alone.
Reply by Viator, December 2008
Doing what: Kyoto and Nara Day Tour including Golden Pavilion and Todaiji Temple from Osaka
The tour arrangements from pickup to return points were excellent. Guides were very knowledgeable about the subjects and did an excellent job. Took time to answer questions.
Reply by Viator, November 2008
Doing what: Kyoto and Nara Day Tour including Golden Pavilion and Todaiji Temple from Osaka
Just awesome! our guide was great had a good sense of humour. Just mind the deers don't eat you at Nara.
Reply by Viator, August 2008
Doing what: Kyoto and Nara Day Tour including Golden Pavilion and Todaiji Temple from Osaka
The only word is great!
Reply by Viator, August 2008
Doing what: Kyoto and Nara Day Tour including Golden Pavilion and Todaiji Temple from Osaka
I was met at the agreed upon time by a fantastic tour escort, who looked after me from Osaka to Kyoto. In Kyoto, the group was about 20-25 people, and we were all well looked after. Nara was fantastic, and I highly recommend this tour if you are short on time and want to see as much as possible.
Reply by Viator, December 2007
Doing what: Kyoto and Nara Day Tour including Golden Pavilion and Todaiji Temple from Osaka
This was really good.
Reply by Viator, March 2013
Doing what: Kyoto and Nara Day Tour including Golden Pavilion and Todaiji Temple from Osaka
We saw a lot during a short span of time. I was a little worried that we over spent on this tour since it is pricey... but considering how much it would have costs in train rides just to get from Osaka to Kyoto/Nara, convinced me that it wasn't.
If you don't mind being a little rushed in viewing everything and eating lunch... than I would totally recommend it. Tour guide was great; the food was so-so.
Reply by Viator, February 2013
Doing what: Kyoto and Nara Day Tour including Golden Pavilion and Todaiji Temple from Osaka
Fantastic, the tour covers all the itinerary stated and the tour manager is very friendly and professional. Thank you.
Reply by Viator, December 2012
Doing what: Kyoto and Nara Day Tour including Golden Pavilion and Todaiji Temple from Osaka
The tour was amazing.. stunning view.. great explanation from the tour guide
Reply by Viator, December 2012
Doing what: Kyoto and Nara Day Tour including Golden Pavilion and Todaiji Temple from Osaka
The Kyoto tour was interesting as we were being lead by a very interesting Tour Guide, Yoshitaka Harada San. He was very expressive and joked in between during his tour, giving us a very good impression of him.
We love the Golden Pavilion, Nijo Castle and the impressive Imperial Palace. It was well explained.
Pity we did not visit Kyoto Handicrafts Centre before our lunch so we missed that Centre.
As for Nara, it was lead by Yamaguchi San. Her pace was fast but her explanation was clear and understandable. She spoke very good English. Our visit to Todaiji to see the Great Buddha was nice. We had a great time taking pictures with those deers and finally we wen to Taisha Shrine in Nara.
This tour was very good overall. Interesting and worth our money.
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